Elina - Holistic massage & Empowering Photography, Wild Oasis/Algarve, Monchique (2026)

28/01/2026

Where will 2026 takes me ? Only life knows right ?

I was envisioning a more nomadic 2026 with no base and the first half year being in South America. Giving me the feeling of being free like a bird, no physical attachments, and going where opportunities are calling me.

But what happened over these last month’s made me reflect, on what really serves me at this stage of my life.

Through nomadism & longer travels I am seeking freedom, exploration, adventure, expansion, encounters. The thrill of truly being able to live day by day – go where I am invited to go. Seeing incredible nature, discovering new cultures / ethnies, being deeply soul-nourished.
And I also know that when I am travelling like this, I have less time to dedicate to my work – less focus windows and to be true, less wish for it. I am in the presence of where I am.

During the last half of 2025, I deeply felt the need to commit to my work – to give birth to some offers that are yearning to be alive since a while but that ask for commitment. Which I realized, I was scared of.

Scared to lose my freedom through comiting and longer term projects, scared to not be free like a bird.

But what if commitment will also give me this freedom ?

This was the shifting point. Blurred by a feeling of freedom that I was chasing through travels – I decided to shift my perception and give it a try.

I don’t give up on travel, never ever (already thinking where to next winter 🤣) but I shift my 2026’s perception and give myself a base where to root, develop my new offers, and keep going with what I already created, love and do good. Because I know, that is what serves me the most right now.

26/01/2026

A chapter ended in the last quarter of 2025 after we moved fully out from our cosy home in Monchique, Algarve, Portugal.

A choice, the end of a completed cycle. Probably the richest one of my life in many ways. Where life has supported me / us in unbelievable ways.

→ I remember us arriving in Lisbon, February 2022, with our backpacks and not many plans beside the strong call to establish our business and sustaining ourselves with our passions.

Already there, life brought to us one person that will change our life in its core. A person without whom I won't be here with my business and my capacity to go through the waves of it with groundness, devotion & commitment. After 2 months at the co-living Selina, a portfolio that started to build up, some beautiful connections, lots of hopes, some worries.

→ We landed at Wild Oasis in Monchique a guest house / retreat center where we settled for 2 seasons. One as volunteer, one as co•manager. These years were incredibly enriching- with endless learnings and growth opportunities. As a team member as well as a space holder. From the books to the reality - of mature & non-violent communication, expressing needs and triggers unconditionnal welcoming, self responsability, boundaries, aware team management ..

That phase of my life, gave me also deep trust in my work & myself- through the many clients I co-created with, their words, feedback, presence, supporting me unconditionnally. I learn by experiencing, and Wild Oasis was the best playground I could wish for to unfold my wings and start flying off.

→ We spend the 2 last seasons in a very cosy nest, nestled in the Monchique hills, sipping cups of coffee while gazing at the ocean. I wished for peace and life balance, which I received. Fully dedicated to my business, expanding into women's work with the launch of a podcast, a new brand, the first retreats, coachings, circles, workshops while still offering photoshooting & bodywork.

🤍 Portugal gave me what I came here for, the support for the launch & expansion of my business. Unfolding what I am here to offer, step by step, creating my own reality as a multi passionnated creator.

📸 .freedomseeker 🫶🏻

15/01/2026

Life's goal isn't about pursuing a life of complete happiness and zero worries but d'rather being able to see the gifts hidden behind life's challenges and be able to be with what's meant to cross your journey.

This is litterally the quote that sumarise my last months of unexpected twists & turns in my life. From envisionning ourselves on a Mexican beach we are sitting in front of a serie in Germany or walking in the snowy mountains of the French Alps.

Life throws individually questions at us : how ready are you ? Transcending what on earth your here to experience, heal, live. How embodied are you ? How much do you walk your talk ? How much can you actually surrender to life in its expansive and contracting experiences ?

and she is especially surprising when you expected it the less - when you think that the upcoming travel is exactly what needs to happen in your life for your growth. But life seemed to have seen us ready to experience a different journey - as much expanding, deep, and transformative as different.

For a woman, who nourishes her soul with travel, the brutal stop, one week before flying off felt bitter - but deep down, I knew that surrendering, staying with an open heart, and following what's essential at this exact moment was the only way to pass this next level of life. Still internally integrating and learning from this hidden gift beyond the challenge.

There was tears, there was a grief, there was sadness. There was a relief, there was gratitude.

There is a wave of humbleness for life's wisdom and bigger plan and my capacity to be & feel resilient & trustful.

I'm not in control of life's higher plan - I'm only responsible for how I react to what's happening on my human path.

I organically withdrew from here to center my energy on what was essential back then. And I'm happy to be back now, with fresh inspiration and yearning to connect with you.

03/10/2025

Yesterday as I was reading these lines in the Power of Now book, I unexpectidly read those lines about women cyclicity and found deep resonance with Eckhart's vision.

Sharing lines of what sticked with me :

(...) When the first sign appears, you need to be alert enough to "catch" it before it takes you over. For example, the first sign may be a sudden strong irritation or a flash of anger, or it may be a purely physical symptom.

Whatever it is, catch it before it can take over your thinking or behavior. This simply means putting the spotlight of your attention on it. If it is an emotion, feel the strong energy charge behind it. Know that it is the pain-body. At the same time, be aware of your conscious presence and feel its power. Any emotion that you take your presence into will quickly subside and become transmuted.

If it is a purely physical symptom, the attention that you give it will prevent it from turning into an emotion or a thought. Then continue to be alert and wait for the next sign of the pain-body. When it appears, catch it again in the same way as before.

Later, when the pain-body has fully awakened from its dormant state, you may experience considerable turbulence in your inner space for a while, perhaps for several days. Whatever form this takes, stay present. Give it your complete attention. Watch the turbulence inside you. Know it is there. Hold the knowing, and be the knowing. Remember: do not let the pain body use your mind and take over your thinking. Watch it. Feel its energy directly, inside your body. As you know, full attention means full acceptance.

Through sustained attention and thus acceptance, there comes transmutation. The pain-body becomes transformed into radiant consciousness, just as a piece of wood, when placed in or near a fire, itself is transformed into fire.

Menstruation will then become not only a joyful and fulfilling expression of your womanhood but also a sacred time of transmutation, when you give birth to a new consciousness. Your true nature then shines forth, both in its female aspect as the Goddess and in its transcendental aspect as the divine Being that you are beyond male and female duality.

28/09/2025

Two weeks ago we gathered together.
Two weeks ago, we united.
Through the presence of our hearts and bodies.

Sitting in a circle, ready to let ourselves be touched by the beauty of this journey.

Two weeks ago, the doors of CYCLICA opened to welcome five women.
Five women ready to dive into the discovery of their cyclical essence.
Five women ready to offer themselves a space for deep regeneration.

To be honest, I still find it hard to believe that those five days were real. We were in a cocoon, literally. A bubble lulled by love, care, light, humility, transparency, vulnerability, emotions, simplicity, and laughter to create connections.
A genuine, deep, untouched, pure connection.

To touch the essence of collective work, which is, after all, to create CONNECTION.

(Re)create an authentic connection with yourself.

(Re)create an authentic connection with others.

Connect with the sacred power of the collective.

Connecting with the essence of your hear

and letting yourself be carried away by what the untouched truth within us dares to reveal.

Far from being an easy exercise, connecting with yourself, with your inner depths, requires courage, vulnerability, openness and trust. And these women have experienced this magnificently.

For five days, we were touched by the beauty of BEING ourselves. OF BEING with others. The collective, the circle, reveals itself as a profound space of truth. It reflects our place, our triggers, our difficulties, our strengths, our judgements, and it is deeply healing when we open ourselves to its medicine.

When we CONNECT with our hearts, we have the ability to move mountains. Together, we consciously decide to do our part of the individual work to unite in light and sacred strength. Realizing the bond that constantly unites us when we open ourselves to seeing it, in the uniqueness of our life journeys.

This red thread, from heart to heart, will constantly remind us of what one day, a group of women sitting in a circle, came to touch.

I feel immense gratitude towards these women, for their trust, for the quality of their presence, for the greatness of their hearts.

Until we unite again in circle,
Arohanui,
Elina

31/08/2025

🌹LAST CALL

The registration for CYCLICA will be closed on September the 4th - if you've been feeling the impulse to join, because you know, deep down, how beneficial this space can be for you in this phase of your life.. this is your opportunity.

All info in BIO 😘

If you don't have the financial ressources but feel a strong call to join, send me a private message.

26/08/2025

Surrender to the depths of the waters.
Open yourself to the universal matrix.
To the frequency that the waters of this earth carry within her.
Let it pe*****te you and teaching you ancient wisdom.

📸Empowering Photoshoot • Muse : Jenny • May 2025

23/08/2025

When a woman meets a bougainvillea 🌺

📸Empowering Branding Photoshoot • with Marine • June 2025

20/08/2025

Do you feel that your capacity to hold space, to communicate, to create, to focus, to socialise, to feel is evolving through each cycle ? Do you sometimes feel deeply bonded with your wild nature and sometimes connected to the lightness of life ?

Feeling things differently from one day to the next, from one week to the next, is part of your cyclical nature. Hormonal fluctuations influence every woman's physical, cognitive and emotional abilities and their influence is embodied through archetypes.

Asking a woman to show up every day with the same energy, capacity and productivity is unnatural because it is completely out of alignment with her needs and nature. Each phase has a particular flavour, a different creative capacity, and unique desires. Each phase has different boundaries, limits and needs.

Working with the archetypes of the feminine wheel becomes a gateway to observation, understanding, and empowerment. Each archetype that you already carry within you is there to accompany you in this process of becoming aware of your inner patterns. To look at the space that each of them is taking in your life, how balanced are they, what lights and shadows are they carrying and what are they inviting you to experience in this life time.

Learning to become familiar with the archetypes of your feminine wheel and their characteristics helps you to embody your cyclical movements and embark on the path of self-empowerment and self-love.

In CYCLICA, we will explore the multiplicity of your inner parts through archetypal work. Learning to embrace the lights and shadows of all of them and receive their teachings. Navigating life with the inner knowing of your needs and boundaries.

To read more about CYCLICA, find the link in BIO 💌🤍

14/08/2025

🌿 Did you know that there's more to your menstrual cycle than just your periods ? During a cycle, your main reproductive hormones fluctuate to prepare your bodies for fertility and they are divided in 4 phases. Every 28 to 35 days, this hormonal dance begins, creating this notion of cyclicity. Every 28 to 35 days, you go through these four phases, and are influenced in a unique way for each phase.

Our hormones have a significant influence on many aspects • from our emotions and energy levels to our body sensations, strengths and vulnerabilities. 🤔 How can we expect you to show up every day the same way knowing that within a month's time - you are going through 4 different phases with unique needs.

Together, in the cyclical wisdom workshop we will explore :

- the beauty and power of being cyclical
- the beauty and uniqueness that each phase can bring us from lights to shadows
- tips on how to cycle synch' naturally so that you become a real ally with your body and your cycle.

This workshop is made for all women that are curious to learn about their bodies and feminine essence at any stage of their menstrual life - the cyclicalprint remains.
Hosted by Elina, women's empowerment mentor who helps women to reconnect with the sacredness of their bodies & remember the wisdom of their cyclical essence.

Spaces limited / Sign up mandatory (link in BIO)

See you on the 23rd 🤍🌹

03/08/2025

My experience as a photographer during this retreat was probably one of the most "out of confort" zone I've done so far, here is why :

- I was not only taking photos but as well recording video with interviews. I am more and more familiar with video but done it only 1 time before all together.
- The training was lead in German which I don't speak or only get a few words.

AND this one, one of my most beautiful experience in a group setting. I had to trust my intuition, my skills, my sensitivity, my creativity. I had no other options than to surrender and be in the quality of my presence.

To feel the subtility of the body langage and to attune to the present moment.
To let emotions guide my finger and clic to capture THE moment that is happening, right now.

The video wil be coming soon ! 🥹

Hosting a training / retreat in automn 2025, I'd love to talk.

📸TogetherWeRise training • facilitated by
& • May 2025

30/07/2025

There is this thing that happen in my body when I enter a room of women sitting in circle. An unexplicable sensation, a very humble one. It feels my heart with compassion, with unity, with vulnerability. I can only surrender to the magic of what is.

Wether is through holding space or being a photographer, the sensation stay still, deeply rooted in my body. HONORING the power of women as a collective through all my senses.

Hosting a women retreat in autumn 2025 ? I'd love to talk.

📸 Spells of Harmony's retreat • with .bengio • May 2025

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